Kathmandu, June 15 -- Nepal has resumed exporting 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Bangladesh through India's transmission network under a tripartite agreement signed last year between the three countries, officials said on Sunday.

According to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the export resumed at midnight on Saturday after Bangladesh opened a letter of credit (LC), clearing the way for the transaction.

"We started exporting 40 MW from Saturday night," said NEA Executive Director Hitendra Dev Shakya.

Earlier, there were doubts over Nepal's plan to export 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh from June 15, as Bangladesh had delayed opening the letter of credit (LC).

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